Creative launched their 3rd generation Vado video camera yesterday, selling at $179. The new version is glossy, better looking and addresses a list of issues that plagued the first two designs. Is it ready to be added to your holiday wish list? Creative touts their ease of use for the Vado and previous Vado’s featured more »

Although Samsung’s MX20 SD camcorder may fall a bit behind other camcorders available on the market for not having an HD video recording feature, it still is worthy of our attention and perhaps money because of one outstanding feature. And that is the facility to directly upload video into YouTube or iPod from the camcorder more »

If you’re one of the owners of a Sony HandyCam, chances are you find it a hassle to transfer your recorded videos from your HandyCam to your PC before you can burn them on DVDs. The best solution to avoid these hassles would be to use an autonomous DVD recorder which lets you connect your more »

Hitachi has announced the new, full HD-capable DZ-BD10H camcorder for the Japanese market. This camcorder touts a built-in Blu-ray recorder as one of its major selling factors. But in addition, it also comes equipped with a 7-megapixel 1/2.7 CMOS sensor complemented by a 10x optical zoom. It has a 2.7-inch LCD screen, a 30GB hard more »

If the Sanyo Xacti CG9 was just not right for you, check out the Vivitar DVR565HD — the company’s first camcorder to venture into the HD realm. Rocking a rather slim and compact form factor, the DVR565HD uses SD cards as its recording medium, capable of recording video in H.264/MPEG-4 in full 720p glory at 30 fps. Interestingly, the camera can “upscale” the video playback to 1080i if connected to a TV via an HDMI cable. Little else is known, but the camcorder will feature a 3-inch flip-out LCD display, digital still functionality, and a maximum SD card capacity of 4GB.